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macrocarpa replied to the thread Bracing rod sweetgum?.Yeah, they need structural pruning when young! -
Dang, that’s pretty heavy back to something at a funky angle. I’d try going further out than that by another 50% if possible or even...
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macrocarpa replied to the thread Bracing rod sweetgum?.I should add, I reduced that left side about 10-15ft four years ago. While climbing I was wondering if I should have been putting a...
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macrocarpa replied to the thread Bracing rod sweetgum?.That is exactly where I was thinking if I reduced to the furthest point possible. The picture really doesn’t do justice to how lateral...
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Reduce to here...is that branch big enough? If you do that, is supplemental support even needed?
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Wouldn’t think of that myself. Maybe if a slack dynamic cable as a catch fall backup is also placed. But I should back up, what are...
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I agree that they're not great compartmentalizers and are brittle. I wouldn't take the whole thing off, but I wouldn't cable either. I...
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They are not very good compartmentalizers in my experience. I would put a rod above, and two through the inclusion perpendicular to each...
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A rod would probably be of some help, but I'm not sure how much because in my experience Sweet Gum trees are rather brittle. I would be...
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Or use something like Branch Saver that is textile and the angle won't matter as much.
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Why not just remove the left side? Are they poor compartmentalizers? Not a species I have deep knowledge of. I would be inclined to...
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Aircraft or mechanics safety wire Very tough -
Yeah, it really puts things in perspective. The old saying, one wrong punctuation mark can take down 10,000 lines of code. Now it's... -
Matias replied to the thread Bracing rod sweetgum?.That's what I'm saying, with another heavy follow up two to three years later. I think one of the most difficult things for the client...
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O Id probably lean for blue with a whole bunch of pole pruner secondary cuts across all remaining.
